Ramaphosa deserves support on land restitution issue
Ramaphosa has reminded us that South Africa has talked it way through much bigger challenges. He deserves the opportunity to try the same approach again.
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IoT and Smart Cities: Critical necessity with profound benefits
Considering the predicted growth of the continent, it is easy to see why developing smart cities in South Africa now is not only a necessity but also a smart investment.
Land Bill’s political value: Is President Zuma trying to capture the Zulu king?
Most of the land now vested in the Ingonyama Trust could well be identified as ‘redistribution’ land under the Land Bill and targeted for expropriation by the state.
The predatory 14% that is slowly killing SA’s chicken industry
Fair Play Movement’s Ashoek Adhikari explains why EU imports are responsible for the crisis in South Africa’s chicken industry.
Private property rights under attack again, ANC accelerates farm transfers
South Africa’s government is planning to impose limits on farm sizes to free up parcels of land to hand over to blacks, giving an insight into the workings of a divisive redistribution scheme.
Johannes Wessels: Drought’s R16bn tsunami – small, medium towns at risk
Johannes Wessels looks at the knock on affects of the drought, and we’re not talking about the price of goods and food security. He says it’s likely to fuel the next wave of urbanisation.
Surging food prices loom: How SA kindled own spark that ignited Arab Spring
South Africa is sitting on a food-price time bomb. The effect of the worst drought in more than two decades is being compounded by the rand’s 18 percent plunge against the dollar this year.
SA’s worst maize drought since 1992 a timeous reminder for politicos
Challenges faced by farmers in South Africa’s premier maize producing region have been taken off the scale by the worst drought in 22 years – the third worst since recording began in 1918.
Budget Speech: Food Security an absolute priority
Food security remains a top priority, with 1000 farms set to benefit from a recapitalisation and development programme, Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene announced on Wednesday
Brilliant analysis – Zimbabwean ruin looms large as SA land reform kicks into gear
It is well documented how Mugabe’s botching of land reforms turned a bread basket of the continent into a place where famine stalks behind every rainy season. South Africa faces a greater challenge.